Mauricio Pochettino named new Manchester United manager

Mauricio Pochettino has been appointed as the new head coach of Manchester United after signing a two-and-a-half-year contract. The club paid a release clause of approximately £7.4m to extract him from his position with the USA national team. Pochettino admitted that leaving his role with the national side was one of the most difficult decisions of his career, describing the opportunity to manage at Old Trafford as too good to reject. He inherits a team sitting in 18th place in the Premier League after managing just one win in 10 league matches this season, with his first match in charge set against Liverpool.